This document is available from www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/ Page 1 of 16 Health and Safety Executive Fatal injuries arising from accidents at work http://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/pdf/fatalinjuries.pdf
Team Mendip girls U13’s team, proudly sponsored by Cunningham Safety Consultants, win The Moors Youth Tournament! Playing up a year in the U14’s age group they came away as winners, conceding only one goal in some very hot conditions. Well done to Phoebe, Bayley, Maisie, Emily, Anna, Jennie and Tara. Thanks …
A girls’ school has been fined for breaching work at height regulations after a teacher fell from a stepladder and was left unconscious. Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard that on 9 May 2016 a teacher was conducting rigging and adjustments to spotlights and cabling in the school drama studio when he fell from …
The average cost of health and safety fines in 2016 far outstripped the cost of compliance, according to a new study from health and safety consultants. The research found that businesses paid an average of £115,440 in fines after being found guilty of health and safety breaches in 2016. The …
Cunningham Safety Consultants are awarded a contract to provide HSE Construction Audits for a major Principle Contractor in London.
Crest Nicholson Operations, the principal contractor of a large housing development project in Surrey, has been fined after a worker was run over by a heavy goods vehicle (HGV). CDM failing costs Crest Nicholson £800k David Cole, who was contracted to Harlequin Brickwork, was working as a foreman on the …
A solar panel firm has been fined £153,000 after a worker was seriously injured in a fall through a fragile roof light at a private home in Kent. An HSE inspector said that better equipment, training and supervision should have been provided. The 32-year-old worker, from Ashford, fractured his shin …
Company fined after carrying out dangerous window installation work eight-metres above a West End street. A company which manufactured and installed windows has been fined £36,000 after carrying out work in the West End of London with no measures to prevent the workers falling eight metres and after dropping part of a …
ALARP is an abbreviation for “as low as reasonably practicable” and stands at the heart of the way health and safety is managed in the UK. Sections 2 and 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act require employers and the self-employed to ensure the health and safety of …
